Last Minute Gifts for Everyone on your List

Give your friends and loved ones something truly special this year!

Original Vogue Cover, Illustrated by George Wolfe Plank 

for Vogue: November 15, 1917.

Framed behind glass in excellent condition.

16" x 19.5"

$345

(To see our full collection of Vogue Covers, 

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Antique Quilt: "Bars" with "Zig Zag"

Pennsylvania, circa 1900-1920. Pieced and applique cotton. Red and white quilts are especially suited to holiday celebrations. This example is in fine condition, probably rarely used. The quilt stitchery, in "Parallel Lines" and "Rope" patterns, is finely done. Found in Pennsylvania, one of the great sources of America's quilts, the bright red cotton, sewn in "Zig-Zag" lines, alternating with solid red bars, offers a festive, playful and very graphic effect.

80" x 86"

$1,250

(To see our full collection of quilts,

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Vintage Beacon Blanket

Crisp geometric design with blue, rust and beige. Ends bound in green.

Excellent condition.

67" x 76"

$295

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Air Brush Pottery Pitcher and Bowl. Blue and Cream. In excellent condition. 

Made in Eastern Europe between 1919 and 1930. 

Using a spray-on and stencil technique, designers in Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany decorated forms such as plates, bowls, canister sets, vases and clocks with outstanding Art Deco designs. 

Pitcher: 11" high

Bowl: 14.25" diameter, 4.5" high

$395

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Pair of carved marble Roman Helmet bookends on marble bases. 

Italian. Early 20th-Century.

9" x 3" x 3.25"

$375

Pair of Golfer Bookends

Remarkable form in cast metal. 

Detailed figures, each standing on a book.

Early 20th-Century

9" x 4" x 4"

$975

Vintage Cocktail Shakers with Lucite Handles. Circa 1940-50. 

Pouring lids missing on both.

left: 12.5" tall

right: 13" tall

$55 each

Antique Hooked Rug

Hand-hooked rug in graphic design similar to Log Cabin quilt pattern. Small scaled, finely detailed. Early 20th-Century.

38" x 21.75"

$495

(To see our full collection of Antique Hooked Rugs, 

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Vintage Sailboat Carved Wood Plaque.

Skillfully crafted folk art in pristine condition with original paint.Sail marked with carved initial "G". Applied thin wood frame. Circa 1940.

12.5" x 16.75" x 2"

$295

Paper Covered Barrel Cover. 

Flour barrel wood cover with red, white and blue paper label. Probably from the Holly Milling Co., Holly, Michigan. Decorated with patriotic colors and motifs. Early 20th-Century.

Diameter:  16"

$325

Winter Landscape. Oil on canvas. Early 20th-Century.

Stark, finely detailed trees near a stream in soft winter light. 

Signed "Joseph A. Aaron" (?). 

Initial and last name unclear. 

27.25" x 26.25"

$975

(To see our full collection of Paintings, 

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Woodard & Greenstein, 303 East 81st St, Storefront West

New York, NY 10028

info@woodardandgreenstein.com

A Visit to the Winter Antiques Show

This year's Winter Antiques Show was, as usual, filled with many treasures.  Below are some of our favorite things.

A Peacock Garden Embellishment greeted show-goers at the Park Avenue Armory's Winter Antiques Show 2016.  From Barbara Israel's outstanding collection of garden furnishings, the bird offered a royal welcome to collectors and antiques fans who seemed not to notice record blizzard warnings from weather forecasters.

From the loan exhibition "Legacy for the Future: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art”.

Giorgia de Chirico.  Costume for the Astrologer in “Le Bal”, 1929.

In the booth of Frank and Barbara  Pollack, a rare Schoolgirl Drawing signed “Hannah P. Badger 1811 and 1812”.  Watercolor and pencil and paper depicting and interior scene where Hannah Pearson Cogswell Badger (1791-1869) and her sister Julia are instructing a female class at The Atkinson Academy in Atkinson, New Hampshire.  Note the amazing and colorfully painted floorcloth. A precursor to Woodard Weave!

Also in the booth of Frank & Barbara Pollack ,  “An Extraordinary Carved and Painted Wedding Scene”.  Found in Massachusetts.  Circa 1900-1920.  The seventeen carved and paint decorated figures are wood, adorned with fabric clothing.

Also in the booth of Frank & Barbara Pollack, “Two Exceptional Paint- Decorated Chalk Ware Cats”.  Pennsylvania.  Circa 1860-1900.  Molded plaster of paris with original smoke painted decoration.

Tom Woodard and Joseyane Young seated in the booth of Robert Young Antiques.  Behind the table hangs a “Spectacular Georgian Architectural Turret Clock Face in untouched original condition, circa 1800”.

From Arader Galleries, an exceptional and rare Aquatint engraving by John James Audubon.  American, 1795-1851.  London, 1827-1838.

Olde Hope Antiques displayed “An Exceptional Graduated Stack of Eleven Shaker Finger-lapped Oval Boxes.  New England.  Circa 1830-1860.

Also featured in the booth of Olde Hope Antiques a “Portrait Bust of a Lady”.  Mario Korbel (1882-1954).  Carved and polychromed wood on a carved and gilded oak base.

In the booth of Elliot & Grace Snyder, a “Stone Carving of a Woman”.  A naïve and powerful stone carving of a woman in period dress.  Ohio.  Circa 1850-60.

The Snyders also displayed a charming and unusually detailed pastoral needlework picture featuring a shepherd and shepherdess with their dog and sheep, as well as a fisherman, within a primary border of flowers and leaves.  Early 18^th Century needlework at its best.  England, circa 1720.

Peter Fetterman Gallery: Platinum print by Cecil Beaton (1904-1980) of Audrey Hepburn, 1954.

Also from the booth of Peter Fetterman Gallery, Henri Cartier Bresson, 1908-2004.  Gelatin silver print.  Aquila Degli Abruzzi, Italy.  1952.

At the Winter Antiques Show  on Monday, January 25th, 2016, old friends gathered to celebrate the life of preeminent Shaker dealer Suzanne Courcier.   Pictured with her partner, Robert Wilkins (center), are Leigh Keno (left) and Thos. K. Woodard sharing a toast to Suzanne, whose expertise, knowledge and good humor will always be remembered 

We Have A New Home!

81st STREET, NEAR SECOND AVENUE. Ground Floor!  

Our own Woodard Weave Woven Rugs, Hooked Rug Collection, Antique Quilts and Americana are all on display. 

Pop in and see our new shop, Monday - Friday, 10:30 AM - 6:00 PM. Tel.212.988.2906 

303 East 81st Street, New York NY  10028 

Antique Trade Signs

Antique trade signs were not only decorative but, more important, identified where one could find specific services and products.  Because they were hand painted, each is an original piece of folk art with a purpose.  Before neon signs came to dominate  commercial areas across the country, these painted wood and metal advertisements hung outside shoe repair shops, department stores, pawn shops and every other commercial space open for business.  Now, with shoppers moving steadily towards sources on the Internet, these pieces from another era have gradually become even more treasured.

Painted wood raised letters on striped background.  Circa 1950.  An artist's palette was a favorite motif of the period, and one can assume that after an appointment at this establishment one will look as beautiful as a painting. Condition: Good, with weathered surface.

Painted wood.  Early 20th-Century.  Straightforward and to the point, one knows immediately what is for sale at this emporium.  Condition:  Good, with some age appropriate wear.

 Founded in 1901, the company is still doing business based in New York, NY.  Insurance companies have always been eager to present a stable and reassuring image to customers, and often produced signs with patriotic and historic themes to give a sense of permanence.  Professional sign painters were assigned to create striking, colorful graphics, some of the most effective for insurance companies with an ample advertising budget.  Condition:  Very good.

Early 20th-Century.  Gold painted letters on textured black painted wood background.  Here is a no-nonsense announcement, with a semi-serious effect.  Condition:  Very good.

Early 20th-Century  New York State.  Painted tin with wood frame.  The owners of this business hung a very distinguished sign which has an authentic patina surface.  Condition:  Weathered, mellowed paint.

Circa 1930.  Painted wood.  A simple, graceful sign that gives the impression that the proprietor was an elegant needle worker.  Condition:  Very good, with wear.

Early 20th-Century.  Painted wood.  A festive advertisement for a poultry supplier, in red, white and blue.  Condition:  Very good, with wear.

Air Brush Pottery

The colorful art deco designs featured on table ceramics designed by professional artists in Europe seem perfect for festive entertaining. Made between 1919 and 1933 in Czechoslovakia, Austria and Germany, these mass produced "designer ware" pieces have become relatively hard to find. Cake servers, plates, and pitchers, all add a distinctive and unique touch to festive tables set for summer enjoyment. For more about these pieces, please refer to Ceramics of the Weimar Republic 1919 - 1933.

The Big Antiques Events In New Hampshire

Climaxing one of the greatest weeks of the year in American antiques was the 56th Annual New Hampshire Antiques Show in Manchester, NH, August 8-10- 2013. It is the exclamation mark for a week of antiques shows and markets held in the area for which everybody who is anybody in the field show up to sell, buy, and socialize. 

Enthusiasm for antiques shows in recent times may have dimmed somewhat in other places, but not here. Lines start early for every event, with dealers, collectors and antiques aficionados as excited as ever about what treasures they will find.  

An interesting detail, which may not be new this year, is that free admission is offered to anyone under 30. Blanche Greenstein, my partner, tried desperately to convince the ticket takers that she was qualified, but they seemed skeptical and grabbed her $15.00 anyway. Seriously, all of us dealers hope that genuine under-30's will get more excited about collecting, and join us in this colorful and endlessly fascinating world of American antiques.

Amy Finkel, the knowledgeable proprietor of M. Finkel & Daughter, Philadelphia PA, has always added expertise - and glamour - to the antiques world. Her historic samplers and needlework and antique furniture are well known to be first rate. And so is her taste in rugs, as seen in her booth at the recent New Hampshire Antiques Show. WOODARD WEAVE "Hamilton” runners, edged with black binding, serve as the perfect background for exhibiting her outstanding collection.

Faces of Cartagena

Besides the colors and old architecture in Cartagena's historic center, there are the wonderful people - the faces of a walled city that, in many ways, seems immune to the ravages of time. The vendors on the old town streets still ply their trades pretty much the same as they did a century ago. Beauty can be seen in the faces of members of the local community, dressed in traditional fashions, who sell mouth watering, home made candy. 

 

Food carts with fresh coconuts, fruit, and bread are wheeled up and down the cobblestones, with the proprietors shouting out today's specials so people inside their houses will hear them and come out to buy.

  

Shoulder bags and hats are popular with the tourists.

 

 

Cartagena is a legendary wedding and honeymoon destination, so we joined a crowd watching a beautifully dressed high society wedding party exiting the old Cathedral on their way to celebrate.

 

Two American tourists, our close friends Rebecca Chapman and Jim Duque, could not resist the hat stand. The same pair of travelers joined a  group of local kids for a photo op. 

It is always a joy to see our first and favorite friend in Cartagena, Maria del Socorro Pinzon, pictured to the right of Rebecca.  

Socorro appears regularly in the society pages of the local newspaper, El Universal, as a prominent fixture at all important Cartagena events involving the arts, antiques, and charities. Her energetic warmth epitomizes the vitality and the soul of this magical city.